Notes: Tennessee is on a program-record 18-game winning streak. Its only loss came Nov. 23 against Kansas in overtime. ... Reserve guard Jordan Bowden missed the first USC game with an injury. He’s returned for the three games since, averaging close to 14 points. ... The Vols have shot 50 percent or better 16 times this season and rank second in the country with a .516 field goal percentage. UT shot 56 percent against the Gamecocks in January.

Notes: South Carolina is 6-0 this SEC season when Hassani Gravett scores 10 or more points. He had four points in the first Tennessee matchup. ... In SEC play, Bryant has a better field goal percentage (49.4) than free throw percentage (23.1). ... Lawson is averaging nearly 16 points an SEC road games, tops on USC.

Andrew Ramspacher has been covering college athletics since 2010, serving as The State’s USC men’s basketball beat writer since October 2017. His work has been recognized by the Associated Press Sports Editors, Virginia Press Association and West Virginia Press Association. At a program-listed 5-foot-10, he’s always been destined to write about the game. Not play it.

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